by: Carol McClain @CAROL_MCCLAIN We, like the insect world of Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, have fixed ideas. Whether they help us or not, we learned certain things, believe them and follow them blindly. It makes us not much better than bugs. Here’re some of the crazy things insects do: The FIXED notions of Chapter 4: “The Fixed.” …[ read more ]

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How to Enjoy Your Circumstances: One Easy Way

by: Carol McClain @CAROL_MCCLAIN Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. (Matt. 6:34) We're living in a scary time. COVID-19 rears its head, and we don't know if we're next in line to succumb to it. The pandemic aside, no one guarantees our life for more than the present. According to Annie Dillard, referring to life in general, the amazing thing is, "...not only does time fly, and we do die, but that in these reckless conditions we live at all, and are vouchsafed, for the duration… ...[ full story ]